- Date
- July 18, 2022, 19:30 local (Jul 19, 2022, 00:30 UTC)
- Place
- Saint Joseph, IL · Private Field
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9688QCessna 172M
- Defining event
- Landing-flare/touchdown: Abnormal runway contact
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Investigation class
- Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office
- Central Region
- Parties
- FAA
- FAA report
- 20220718012409A
- Case key
- 105541
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Probable cause
The pilot’s failure to remain clear of obstacles while landing.
Findings · 3
NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings. Under each, the cases with the same finding.
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Analysis
The pilot reported that, he touched down left of the runway center line and the left wing struck corn on the left side of the runway. The pilot could not maintain directional control of the airplane and the airplane slid to the left into the corn field, and came to rest inverted. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the left and right wings. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9688Q
- Reported as
- Cessna 172M (NO SERIES)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17265772
- Built
- 1975
- Airframe hours
- 8,033.7
- Engine
- Lycoming 0-320 SERIES, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- F And W Flyers Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 20, 2022
- Departed
- MTO · Mattoon, IL
- Destination
- 0LL5 · St. Joseph, IL
- Airport
- 0LL5 · Busboom Rla, runway 27, 2,200 × 68 ft, grass/turf
- Equipment
- Stall warning system, ADS-B, Electronic flight bag or handheld device, Electronic primary flight display, Onboard weather
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 59
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- BasicMed
- Last flight review
- July 9, 2021
- Seat
- Left
- Restraint
- 3-point
- Flight hours
- 146 total · 78 in this make and model · 84 as pilot in command · 2 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 310° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 82 °F, dew point 68 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.91 inHg
- Observed at
- KCMI, 11 nm away
Docket · 2
The files NTSB released with the investigation on October 23, 2022, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 4.2 MB in all.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.